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22nd February 2002 Archive

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  • Checkout the OS-free PCs at walmart.com

    Pirates' charter?

    We are indebted to CNET for the news that walmart.com is to experiment with selling PCs without operating systems i.e. a whole lot cheaper than their Windows-loaded counterparts. The arch-discounter is offering nine (own-brand?)Microtel PCs for sale online, with prices - sans monitor, as well as OS - ranging from a bargain …

    Personal 22 Feb 2002, 00:06

  • US Air traffic safe from hackers – FAA

    Pilots are now optional

    Computer security weaknesses in the U.S. air traffic control network that have dogged the Federal Aviation Administration since 1998 have been substantially closed, the FAA's CIO said Thursday, but the agency needs more funding to continue the effort. "I think we've made a lot of progress in the last couple of years," said …

    Security 22 Feb 2002, 07:37

  • Most SNMP vulns quietly lurking

    All quiet - not all clear

    It's been over a week since CERT released a seemingly endless list of devices and software products containing SNMP vulnerabilities discovered by Finnish University of Oulu researchers, and to date very little bad has happened, no doubt to the disappointment of most news agencies. As the story drops off the media radar screen, …

    Software 22 Feb 2002, 07:52

  • Three new MS security holes – two nasty

    Root access, credit data compromises....

    First up, the mildest of the three. Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) may ignore IE security zone settings during a request for data from a Web site, meaning that an attacker could request data from the user's local drive. It would be necessary for the attacker to know the path to the file being sought, and he would have only …

    Software 22 Feb 2002, 09:40

  • NTL Sells Aussie unit for $442m

    Debt relief

    NTL Inc, the debt-laden cable operator, is to sell its Australian business to the Macquarie Bank for $442m cash, eliminating $118m of bank debt from its balance sheet and allowing the company to focus on the European market. NTL Australia's network passes 98% of the country's population, and generated $62m revenue and $27m …

    Business 22 Feb 2002, 10:04

  • V21 to hand cash to Barnardo's

    How giving

    The boss of Surrey-based ISP V21 has pledged to donate cash to children’s charity Barnardo’s. Steve Kaye wouldn't say exactly how much money would be handed over but it's understood that it could run into a four figure sum. "We’re talking thousands, not hundreds," he said. Confirmation of Mr Kaye’s generosity should draw a …

    Music and Media 22 Feb 2002, 11:55

  • Sun goes after Windows NT base With Cobalt servers

    Discount

    Sun Microsystems this week announced a program to convince customers using Intel-based servers running Microsoft Windows NT to support infrastructure workloads such as web serving to move to its Linux-based Cobalt RaQ or Qube server appliances, Timothy Prickett Morgan writes. Sun hopes to tap into a large customer base, …

    Hardware 22 Feb 2002, 11:59

  • CA cans updates for free personal AV package

    IPE 'obsolete' claim

    Computer Associates (CA) is to cease providing updates for its free InoculateIT Personal Edition (IPE) anti-virus software on May 15. CA stopped taking on new users for IPE in June last year and replaced it with the eTrust EZ Antivirus subscription service; at the time it advised users that support was to be continued at no …

    Malware 22 Feb 2002, 12:53

  • Compaq pumps up AlphaServer 4-way benchmarks

    Records galore

    Unix server vendors just love benchmarks, which means, we guess that their corporate clients think they're pretty important to. Compaq is no exception, even as its own Alpha CPU platform begins the slow fade into oblivion. Yesterday, the company issued a press release proclaiming that all-important TPC-C benchmark score for a …

    Hardware 22 Feb 2002, 14:24

  • TUPE or not TUPE, that is not the question

    BT replies to Computacenter article

    Computacenter and BT fall foul of TUPE? Contrary to the claim in the article, BT has followed the requirements under TUPE. An informal discussion about this work area took place between BT and senior union officials in the middle of last year and the option of becoming involved in a deal of this kind was never removed from our …

    Letters 22 Feb 2002, 15:23

  • Beware the bogus domain sellers

    Cold-calling antics

    Punters are warned to be on their guard against dodgy domain name sales tactics. Some unscrupulous sales people are calling up companies and individuals whose domains names are nearing renewal and trying to pester them to renew them on the spot. Others are being cold-called and told that someone is trying to register their …

    Music and Media 22 Feb 2002, 17:27